With the Development of _____ Used to Treat Serious Mental

question 52

Multiple Choice

With the development of _____ used to treat serious mental disorders,the use of _____ declined starting in the 1950s.

• A) trepanning; drug therapy
• B) drug therapy; electroconvulsive therapy
• C) electroconvulsive therapy; drug therapy
• D) drug therapy; prefrontal lobotomies

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Definitions:

Totalitarian

A political system in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life.

Joseph Stalin

The leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953, known for his totalitarian rule, the purges, and the extensive use of the Gulag system.

Gestapo

The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe.

Secret Police

A covert law enforcement agency or government agency that operates in secrecy to protect state security and suppress dissent, often through surveillance, espionage, and intimidation.